Tipp24 SE resolves on cash capital increase

Tipp24 SE  / Key word(s): Capital Increase

16.04.2013 08:42

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The Executive Board of Tipp24 SE, with the approval of the Supervisory Board, today resolved on a capital increase for cash of up to 5.01% of its current share capital under the exclusion of shareholder subscription rights. The company's share capital is to be increased by up to EUR 400,000, from EUR 7,985,088 at present to EUR 8,385,088, against cash contributions, through the partial exercise of the company's Authorised Capital as adopted by the Annual General Meeting of 29 June 2011. To this end, the company is to issue up to 400,000 new, registered, no-par value shares with dividend entitlement as of 1 January 2012. The new shares are to be privately placed with qualified investors and other selected investors outside the United States of America, Canada, Australia and Japan in an accelerated bookbuilding.

On 20 March 2013, Tipp24 SE announced its intention to relocate the company's registered office from Germany to the United Kingdom as part of its strategic realignment. The company is focusing on its international business, mainly in the UK and North America, which it intends to develop from its future base in the UK. Against this backdrop, Tipp24 SE intends to use the net issue proceeds from the capital increase primarily to finance projects related to its internationalisation strategy as well as for the medium-term funding of the performance of its group holding functions.
The new shares are to be admitted for trading on the regulated market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange without a prospectus. Berenberg Bank will be acting as sole bookrunner for the capital increase.
Contact:
Tipp24 SE
Frank Hoffmann 
Investor Relations
Phone: +49 40 32 55 33-142
E-mail: frank.hoffmann@tipp24.de
Internet: www.tipp24-se.de

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This ad-hoc announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale or a solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe securities in the United States of America, Germany or any other jurisdiction. Neither this announcement nor anything contained herein shall form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any offer or commitment whatsoever in any jurisdiction. The securities of Tipp24 SE may not be offered or sold in the United States of America absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act'). The securities of Tipp24 SE have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act.

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Language:     English
Company:      Tipp24 SE
              Straßenbahnring 11
              20251 Hamburg
              Germany
Phone:        Tel.: +49 (0)40 325533-142
Fax:          +49 (0)40 325533-5600
E-mail:       ir@tipp24.de
Internet:     www.tipp24-se.de
ISIN:         DE0007847147
WKN:          784714
Indices:      SDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart  
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